What is a Gene?

What is a Gene? Genes are the basic physical and functional unit of heredity. They are made up of DNA and their main function is to make molecules or proteins. According to the studies and the project of Human Genome, the estimated gene count of human is in between 20,000 to 25,000 genes.Check out this List of Human Genes and study them in detail with help of this compare tool. You can compare genes on the basis of different parameter like their different identifiers, orthologs, Protein details, DNA and RNA details, transcription, mutation, UniProt, etc. These specifications will help you compare and study their database.